Morning warm ups during our most recent Permaculture Design Course.
I think they’re about to launch into a Spice Girls routine.
Or not …..
Josh’s dancing seemingly not universally appreciated 😉
But they recover quickly. Yay!
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This practical session followed on from the swale building exercise I published yesterday. A contoured raised bed has been created on the downside of the berm, with the swale itself becoming the path above. For the short term this new bed has been planted up with annual veg, but these will be replaced with […] Learning to measure contours and build swales is a wonderfully interactive part of the PDC course. The swale being created here has wood in the berm to create a higher edge. The swale itself is a path, and we’ve built a raised bed on the downside. It’s been planted with annual veg in the […] Our Permaculture Design Course participants making adobe blocks and beginning a cob bench on the Natural Building day of the August PDC. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Cob bench in the making Completed blocks beginning the drying process, which will take about a month. Moulding the adobe blocks, a combination of straw, clay and sand. Will you join us this summer? We’re pleased to be offering two opportunities to join us for a PDC here at Casalinho this year. Both courses are taught by Josh Gomez, and fully certified by the UK Permaculture Association. For all the details, click […] So our summer schedule of courses is now live, and we’re taking bookings. This year we’re offering a choice of three Permaculture Design Courses, all certified by the UK Permaculture Association and taught by Josh Gomez. They’re differing lengths, so there should be one to suit everyone. This year, for the first time […] That’s the sixth full Permaculture Design Course at Casalinho now complete, and another group of participants have dispersed back to their ordinary lives with a lot of new knowledge and ideas to incorporate. Huge thanks have to go to Silvia Floresta who provided a fantastic course, along with her partner Orlando. Thanks too go […]
Whoo-hoo! It’s that time of year again, where we get to planning our annual Permaculture Design Course here at the farm. We’re excited to announce that Silvia Floresta will be joining us to teach what will be our sixth PDC, 1st July – 9th July. We’re a […] |
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